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Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require that public employees perform construction inspection work for federally funded highway projects, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would require that public employees perform construction inspection work for federally funded highway projects, including design-build projects and multi-phase contracts. Construction inspection functions include construction engineering, contract administration, quality control inspection, materials testing, and resident engineer duties. States and local agencies that lack adequate staff to perform these functions may use temporary consultant contracts, but only for up to 12 months and must submit annual reports to the Secretary of Transportation explaining the need for the exception. The Secretary would be required to make these reports available to the public.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to John Garamendi’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $17,600
- EDISON CHOUEST OFFSHORE $13,200
- THE DUTRA GROUP $10,900
- SINGH SEMICONDUCTORS $10,000
- HALL FINANCIAL GROUP $9,367
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Actions (4)
- Jun 13, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E570)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Lynch, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require that public employees perform construction inspection work for federally funded highway projects, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act”.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN HIGHWAY CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Section 112(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(5) Construction inspection services.—
“(A) In general.—In entering into a contract under this section for the construction of a project subject to subsection (a), including a design-build project under paragraph (3) and a project using a 2- phase contract under paragraph (4), a State transportation department or local transportation agency shall ensure that a public employee performs construction inspection functions for such project.
“(B) Exception.—If a State transportation department or local transportation agency does not have adequate existing or obtainable staff to perform construction inspection functions as required under subparagraph (A), the department or agency may obtain such services pursuant to temporary consultant contracts until the department or agency has adequate or existing staff to perform such functions.
“(C) Time period.—Any temporary contracts to provide construction inspection services under this subsection shall not exceed the period that ends on the date that is 12 months after the date on which the contract is awarded.
“(D) Reporting and transparency.—
“(i) In general.—At least once each fiscal year, a State transportation department or local transportation agency utilizing the exception authority provided in subparagraph
(B) shall submit to the Secretary a report containing—
“(I) a description of all construction inspection functions provided through temporary consultant contracts under such clause; and
“(II) a detailed justification of the need for each exception to the requirement of such clause.
“(ii) Transparency.—The Secretary shall make the report submitted under clause (i) available to the public through the website of the Department.
“(E) Definitions.—In this subsection:
“(i) Construction inspection function.— The term ‘construction inspection function’ includes construction engineering, contract administration, on-site quality control inspection, materials testing, and the functions of a resident engineer or assistant resident engineer responsible for the acceptance or rejection of a project subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
“(ii) Public employee.—The term ‘public employee’ means an employee of the Federal Government, a State government, or a local government.”. <all>
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